You most likely have a ' in the mytext. You need to escape it using \'.
i.e.
insert into healthnotes (notes) values ('some test\'s');
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> [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Michael Hanna
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:54 PM
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> in psql 7.3.3, press enter after a semi-colon
>
> michael=# insert into healthnotes (notes) values ('mytext....');
> michael'#
>
> changes the prompt accordingly and doesn't commit the change..what am I
> doing wrong? I'm certain this code works, as I've done something
> similar via dbVis
>
> Michael
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